Beginners Need to Know How to Dilute and Store Their Essential Oils

Diluting your essential oils is crucial. I don't understand why the companies don't emphasize this more. You need to dilute your oils mainly for health and safety reasons, so you can control the amount of oil you apply topically but also because you waste so much oil just dripping one drop at a time. You get the drop that you want plus the one that rolls down the side of the bottle you just poured the oil from.

It would be cynical of me to think or say that the essential oil companies don't say much about diluting it so they can sale more oil, and I don't think that is the case. There are too many other ways than just topically to use the oils where they don't need to be diluted, but for topical use the oil should always be diluted. ALWAYS!

I had been using my new oils for about two weeks, just diluting a little as I needed and then, one day, I looked at a couple of my bottles and they were more than half gone! Where did it go? I used some of the oil neat (straight from the bottle) and I wasted a lot each time I diluted a small amount for the immediate need, spilling some and not using all I diluted.

Here is what everyone should be yelling from the rooftops. Get some bottles, some tops and some carrier oil and go ahead and dilute the ones you use all the time. I use organic grape seed oil as my carrier oil because I can find it locally but most vegetable oils are fine to use. The carrier oils also have components that can make a difference.

For me it was a eucalyptus, peppermint and tea tree blend for my sinuses, lavender just because it is lavender!, tea tree for bites and rashes, and a couple of other blends for mood management.

I use 15 ml bottles. 15 ml = 1/2 oz = 1 Tablespoon. For a 2% solution you need to put in 9 drops of essential oil. I like a 2.5% solution so I drop in 11 drops.

All of the oil companies offer different beginner sets to help get the newbie introduced to the most common oils and their uses. I know I was hesitant at first, not wanting to waste that liquid gold and definitely not wanting to hurt myself somehow. They should always add a small bottle of carrier oil and a few small brown bottles with drippers and tops with each set! Also a short instruction sheet with dilution ratios and just the most rudimentary information would be a huge help.

You guys just remember to dilute according to the person that will be using the oil, children should use a 1% solution as long as they are over 6 months old

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